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Show DAILY ANIAAL STORY FOR THE : j WEE SALT LAKER : THE SWIMMING SCHOOL. The bullfrog 'sat upon a rock And croaked aloud croaked he: "I'm tired of banking work, I'm tired; More useful I will be. '. "I'll stop this rocking all day long.- With greenbacks all around" And then he left the bank and walked j Until a duck he found. "I. too. am sick of quacking 'round," Said Doctor Duck, with vim; "Let's start a swimming School and teach The birds to float and swim. Said Mr. Frog: "I'll teach the birds To dive and swim, no doubt. And you can float and swim as well, 'Twill be the best thing out." They built a boathouse large and bright - Down by a running stream. And hung up placards nil around To advertise the scheme. r "IH Teach the Birds to Dive." The sparrow, crow and robin came. With oriole and Jay, And all were entered on the books For lessons every day. The frog stood on the roof and cried: "Now pupils, dive like me!" Then sprang eight feet into the air, And came down gracefully. The duck said: "You must float like this," And (elided all about. The birds then all jumped in at once. And none of them got out. In vain the teachers tried to teach. But every bird they found Could not be taug-ht to swim like them, And every scholar drowned. |